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For me, SOP means taking the family’s voice seriously and actively involving them in safety planning from the outset. They are valued as experts in their life situation and their informal network is activated together. Not only are the adults heard, but the children are also consciously given a voice.”
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For me, SOP means working together with the families on their own “What I associate with SOP is clarity through common language, trust through transparency and self-efficacy through my own strengths.
It’s important to me to take people with me, give them guidance and get them excited about the topic.”
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For me, SOP means working together with the families on the safety of the children. To this end, we use attitudes and methods to create a climate that enables family members to talk to us about their concerns in confidence, engage with our support services and build on existing resources.”
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Working at eye level with families
Appreciation, transparency and participation – families as experts in their own lives”
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I associate SOP with a method whose attitude is based on appreciation, openness and transparency and which focuses on the safety of children with and in their families.
The aim of SOP is to strengthen families and their private and social networks so that children can live safely and healthily in their families. The professionals support and strengthen the families with appreciation, cooperation at eye level and authority at the same time.”
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For me, SOP means discovering new paths, especially when situations become complex. The approach gives me the clarity to build respectful connections with families and create a collaboration that really makes a difference. As an SOP trainer, I want to empower professionals to enable children and young people to be safe by forming a true partnership with parents and actively integrating them into the process.”
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With SOP, I associate sustainable safety for children, young people and families – by incorporating their voices into every step and activating their natural networks.”
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For me, SOP means working with families and their networks on an equal footing, based on a professional approach. The aim is to make their existing skills visible, strengthen them and sustainably promote their personal development.
Through transparency, clarity and a consistent focus on resources, people are taken seriously and supported in their self-efficacy. This reliable and secure framework creates the basis for sustainable change – and therefore also for the protection and safety of the children.”
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For me, SOP means developing a common language in all the realities of life for our children, young people and their families that creates orientation, reliability and security.
It is about respectful, interculturally sensitive cooperation with parents and network partners – always with the aim of acting together in the interests and for the benefit of the children.”
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For me, SOP means putting children and families at the center, taking their perspectives seriously and consistently involving them in help planning in order to develop transparent and comprehensible steps together. What particularly impresses me about SOP is the clear professional structure and the consistent focus on an appreciative attitude. As an SOP trainer, I want to pass on my enthusiasm for this way of working, arouse curiosity and encourage professionals to integrate SOP into their practice in the long term.”
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For me, SOP means: In my opinion, it is currently the best way to create safety in crisis situations together with children, young people and their network of adult caregivers and to actually realize children’s rights. Working with SOP places the needs of children at the center of all considerations and at the same time respects the expertise of the families.
For me as a social worker, this kind of work is very meaningful and satisfying.”
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For me, SOP means that children and families are involved at eye level, their perspectives are heard and they are actively involved in decisions.
SOP is trauma-sensitive and relieves children and families because everyone can understand what steps will be taken next to ensure the children’s safety.”
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I associate SOP with an international network of committed people who work together to sustainably strengthen and further develop child protection. We are united by a common attitude when dealing with families, children, parents and young people: Appreciation, cooperation and firm trust in the power of a strong network.
For me, this network means security, exchange and mutual support. The voice of the children is always at the center of our work – it is our most important compass and at the same time the driving force behind our joint actions.”
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For me, SOP means a fundamental attitude of how we meet the families we work with and how we involve them in the process in an appreciative and equal manner and place the voice of the children at the center.
I see leaving responsibility with those affected, taking them seriously in all matters and always ensuring clarity with regard to boundaries in child protection as helpful and a great strength of the approach.
For me as a manager, it is important that the attitude and procedures are reflected in all activities and at all levels, so that this is also reflected in employee management and I can set a good example.”
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My commitment to SOP stems from being able to talk about difficult things that happen in people’s lives and to have a language for this that enables joint work and a working alliance between professionals and parents, children and young people. Developing this shared, sustainable description of a situation and the necessary steps for change – to protect children and ensure they grow up successfully – is the core concern of the kind of safety-oriented practice I teach and envision.”
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For me, SOP means participation, security, developing a network together with families, trying things out and adapting, sharing successes, more of the good and less of the negative,
I associate SOP with exchange, networking, support, development, having fun working with people, keeping the good in mind even when things get difficult”
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My name is Jeanne Smyczynski and I have been working for ensemble gGmbH since 2022. I accompany families
of young people in individual educational measures abroad – they are experts on their
children and play an active role in shaping their lives. After their return, I support the young people on an outpatient basis during the
transition phase. I have been an SOP trainer since 2025.
Every voice counts, every perspective is valuable and every person helps to shape it. SOP is lived connection, mindfulness and attitude.”
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For me, SOP means protecting children and strengthening parents. Even when dealing with difficult issues, we must not lose sight of the individual.
I see SOP as a practical approach that offers targeted protection, strengthens resources and systematically promotes the sustainable development of children and families.”
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For me, SOP means:
The voice of the children and young people is heard and is an integral part of help planning through methodical formats.
A solution- and resource-oriented, systemic approach in working with parents, children and young people.
Child protection is always a priority (safety planning as a process).
An appreciative attitude and common language promote the involvement and empowerment of parents.
The voice of the children and young people is heard and is an integral part of help planning through methodical formats.”
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For me, SOP means that by sharing, learning and networking in German-speaking countries, we can do better, bolder work for children and families – and at the same time strengthen the professionals and organizations that support this work.
When organizations are faced with the challenge of effectively implementing new approaches or changing existing structures, I support this process with my international experience. The aim is always to enable professionals to really support families and children better.”